On 10 August 2016, Commander Gabriele Belfiore – commanding officer of the Italian sailing ship Palinuro (A 5311) paid a courtesy call to Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy. He was accompanied by the honorary consul of the Reoublic of Italy in the city of Varna – Antonio Tarquinio, Captain (N) Marco Fausto – representative of the [...]
On 9 August 2016, the captain of the Greek training ship HS Prometheus – Commander Konstantinos Syropoulos and officers of the ship’s wardroom visited Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy. The guests were met by Commodore Prof. DSc Boyan Mednikarov – Rector of the Naval Academy. During their visit the Greek officers discussed the specificity of the [...]
On 12 August 2016, Lieutenant General Mark O. Schissler – Deputy Chairman, NATO Military Committee, was on an official visit at Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy. He was accompanied by the Deputy Chief of Defence of the Republic of Bulgaria – Vice Admiral Emil Eftimov, and Rear Admiral Mitko Petev – the Commander of the Navy. [...]
On 2 August 2016, an ad-hoc commission for the selection of the cadets from the class of 2016 to their new positions sat at Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy. The members of the commission were met by the Rector of the Academy – Commodore Prof. DSc Boyan Mednikarov, Captain Prof. Dr Kalin Kalinov – Vice Rector [...]
On 29 July 2016, some Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy cadets returned from Mircea cel Batran Naval Academy, Romania. Their visit had been under the DECOMAR programme. It allows exchange of academic staff, military cadets and civilian students from Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy, the Polish Naval Academy in Gdynia, the Turkish Maritime Academy, and Mircea cel [...]
From 25 July to 29 July 2016, there was a Seamanship Training Camp in Constanta, Romania, with the participation of cadets from Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy. It was organised as part of the cadet exchange programme between the two countries. Following a visit by trainees from Mircea cel Batran Naval Academy to the camp of [...]
On 06 August 2016, the Centre for Integrated Management and Monitoring of the Coastal Zone, related to the Integrated Information System for Support of the Coastal Zone Management project was officially opened at Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy. Mr Boyko Borisov – Prime Minister of the Republic of Bulgaria, was invited to the ceremony by the [...]
On 13 August 2015 (Saturday) at 10.00 o’clock in Hall 1 of the Festival and Congress Centre – Varna, there was an official graduation ceremony for the students of the Class of 2016 of Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy to receive their diplomas. The hall was full to the brim with students and their families, friends, [...]
On 28 July 2016, Colonel James W. Crowhurst, US defence attaché to Bulgaria, paid an official visit to Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy. The purpose of his visit was to introduce Commander Michael Zimmerman – the acting naval attaché of USA to Bulgaria. The visitors were met by Commodore Prof DSc Boyan Mednikarov. He made a [...]
The third-year cadets Nikolay Genov, Todor Nedevski, Sevgin Yumer, Todor Popov, and Georgi Dimitrov have returned from overseas practical training at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. Their training included a theoretical course for familiarisation with the specificity of shipboard service, as well as a period at sea. During their seagoing time the [...]
